Best Carrot Soup Ever- Simple Recipe

‘What the heck was she thinking?!’- I can almost hear you saying. Sharing the warm soup recipe in August sounds rather crazy indeed but hey, here in the UK the weather doesn’t really spoil us so it never hurts to be prepared for a cold, rainy day, huh? And if carrot soup sounds completely bland and boring to you, I’ll happily accept the challenge to change it. I mean, I didn’t use to like it either until my friend came over and cooked it for us. It turned out to be the best soup I’ve ever had!!! Seriously, it’s so flippin’ delicious that the only fair approach is to spread the word and let you, my lovely bunch, enjoy it, too! Give it a go and leave me a comment, I’d love to know what you think. Carrot soup, here we come!

To serve 5 you need:

3 tbsp vegetable oil

2 bay leaves

1.5 kg carrot (peeled and chopped)

2 big onions (chopped)

5 cm fresh ginger (grated)

1/2 lemon (juice+ peel)

2 L vegetable stock

1/2 chilli pepper (chopped)

bunch fresh coriander/chives (chopped)

250 g mascarpone

curry powder 1 tbsp

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, bay leaves, ginger, chilli pepper, lemon peel and curry powder and sauté until the onions soften. Stir in carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Pour in vegetable stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Add lemon juice and blend until smooth. Serve with fresh coriander or chives and mascarpone cheese. Eat before it’s gone!

I love creme soups! Although, I find it kind of funny because everyone in the US seems to make it with vegetables stock. We don’t use it around here in Europe. We’re boiling the vegetables and use the fresh water in which they boiled.
Nice touch with the ginger, never thought adding it in my carrot soups!

You’re the best Jo, thanks for all the love! And let me know if you ever decide to make it =* Although I have to say, I tend to get envious of the weather in all those places in your feed! I mean… 30 degrees?! That’s a Londoner’s dream! Drinking ginger and honey tea to survive this cold evening haha! Xx

Natalie Walsh

I dont normally have soups too often but carrots are my favourite so I think this recipe is a must try for me. Give me a soup over a salad any day. This would be great to have when doing slimming world etc. I will let you know how it goes 🙂

Oooh this actually sounds delicious! I LOVE a soup, even in the summer! I keep on getting nasty colds, so this is probably exactly what I need (I swear I always get colds in the summer, why is that!?) thank you for this 🙂 Also, excited to meet you at V Festival this weekend! Eeep! Immy x

Thank you Immy for all the sweet words! Haven’t refreshed Disqus in a few so apologies for such a late response! :/ Sorry to heat about your colds, I’m actually sitting here with a runny nose and sore throat after last night! Anyway, it was lovely meeting you, your smile truly spreads so much positive energy and I’m gutted we didn’t have a chance to hang out more! Hope you’re feeling better Xx

Emma

I love all types of soups. I made last week a carrot cake, but I have in the fridge always some carrots, so I´ll try your recipe tomorrow. *-*